Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion: Bacterial growth is called synchronous when majority of the cells are in same stage of the bacterial cell cycle.
Reason: Synchronous culture can be obtained by growing bacteria in an enriched medium
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct reason for (A)
C. (A) is true but (R) is false
D. (A) is false but (R) is true
Answer: Option C
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